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2021/10/03

Amethyst – Starting fresh

We are officially halting development of Amethyst Engine.

Amethyst Foundation is now engine-agnostic. We no longer have a singular focus on making any specific game engine. Whatever Works is our new mantra.

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2021/02/23

Roguelike Tutorial and bracket-lib joins Amethyst

Roguelike Tutorial and bracket-lib joins the Amethyst Foundation

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2020/09/07

Legion ECS - v0.3

Legion, an Entity Component System in Rust, has released version 0.3.0 which includes major changes, greatly improving ergonomics and speed.

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2020/08/29

Showcase game #5: Dwarf Seeks Fortune

2D puzzle platformer game "Dwarf Seeks Fortune" is partnering with Amethyst to become an official showcase project. The game is an homage to the 1988 classic King's Valley II.

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2020/08/22

Announcing Amethyst 0.15.3

The Amethyst team is happy to announce a new version of Amethyst, 0.15.3!

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2020/08/16

Announcing Amethyst 0.15.1

The Amethyst team is happy to announce a new version of Amethyst, 0.15.1.

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2020/03/24

Announcing Amethyst 0.15.0

Highlights of this release include better panic messages, configurable log levels, text field rendering corrections, and multiple UI event targets.

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2019/10/24

Showcase game #4: Grumpy Visitors

A multiplayer top-down 2d shooter called Grumpy Visitors is partnering with Amethyst to become an official showcase project.

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2019/08/28

Our third showcase game: Space Shooter

A 2d shoot'em up called Space Shooter is partnering with Amethyst to become an official showcase project.

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2019/08/10

Activity Report - July 2019

v0.12 quietly released; New showcase game; 2D Quickstarter. This and more happened during the last moon cycle in Amethyst land.

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